Around the Theatres Brighten Boston Scene This Week
The Park Theatre box office opens for Gay Coney Island with Louise Montrose in a teaching role. Roland Reed's company debuts at the Museum next Monday with Maud White. Tremont to feature a street piano in Sunshine of Paradise Alley on Aug 30. J. W. Carner shines as Mr. Wilson in Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Boston Theatre and will soon perform Rip Van Winkle in small towns. Columbia Theatre to renovate seating to 1800 with 400 new capacity and $15,000 to $20,000 in improvements. Dr Bill at Castle Square Theatre features the kangaroo dance next week. Merri Osborne returns to legitimate drama in Nature at the Academy of Music, NYC. Jay Donovan, Boston-born musician, gains fame on the vaudeville stage. Mildred Holland stars in Two Little Vagrants at Grand Opera House next month. Electrician at Bowdoin Square Theatre promises heavy production with lavish effects. Jeannette St Henry to star as queen in A Black Sheep at Park on Sept 6. Minnie Renwood, famed dancer, ill in New York after surgery. Mosquitoes plague Bayside, and Marguerite Sylva reportedly bitten, arm swollen. Harry Thompson headlines vaudeville at Grand Theatre, claiming the title Mayor of the Bowery. Sousa’s Band to play at city food fair. new opera The Bride Heet to premiere next October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theatre
Coney Island
Louise Montrose
Roland Reed
Museum
Maud White
Cinders
Miss White
Mr. Reed
Paradise Alley
Tremont
Charles T. Aldrich
Keith
J. W. Carner
Mr. Wilson
Boston
Mr. Carner
Jefferson
J. J. Grace
Columbia Theatre
Dr. Bill
Castle Square Theatre
Stuart Robson
John Wooderson
Twin Domino
Mr. Crane
Merri Osborne
Miss Muffett
Gretchen
Academy of Mac
New York
Milt Barlow
Raymon Moore
Primrose & West
Joseph T. Donovan
Howard
Mildred Holland
Grand Opera House
Hermia
Blaney
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Jeannette St. Henry
Minnie Renwood
Bayside
Marguerite Sylva
Harry Thompson
Grand Theatre
Thompson
the Bowery
Sousa
Iskander to Open Boston Run with Warde at Center
In Boston January 3 1898 Minnie Cline stars at Austin Stone's Museum with new songs. Bassett Roe leads heavy parts opposite Julia Marlowe. Frederick Warde and W W Wilkison plan future tours with Wilkison directing. Warde appears in Iskander a new romantic play from Disraeli's Rise. Wilkison long managed Alexander Salvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Minnie Cline
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Bassett Roe
Julia Marlowe
Frederick Warde
W. W. Wilkison
Mr. Warde
Iskander
W. D. Eaton
Disraeli
Mr. Wilkison
Alexander Salvin
Two Doctors Arrested in Dora Cushman Death Case
In Bristol Vermont Aug 19 doctors H J Jocelyn and Norman Henry were arrested as accessories before the fact in the Dora Cushman murder. Davis accuses them of furnishing medicine and an instrument used in the death. A fourth man William Brittell was jailed as an accessory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Jocelyn
Lincoln
Norman Henry
Rutland
Dora Cushman
Henry
Lincoln House
Davis
Nqus Cushman
Dora
Warren
William Brittell
Davie
Lawrence
Refactory War Over Boston Refectorery Sparks Legal Action
The clash between the Dooling Catering Co and the city of Boston at the Franklin Park refectory escalated as Superintendent Pettigrew’s park workers forced entry against Treasurer Joseph Connor and six Dooling staff. Law department official John T. Wheelwright attempted to serve notices to Homer Albers of Huntress & Albers for Cusick and the Dooling firm. Both sides remain on site with no lease resolution and a trespass warrant to be sought against Pettigrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dooling Catering Company
James Dooling
Boston
Franklin Park Refectory
Pettigrew
Park Department
Joseph Connor
Connor
John T. Wheelwright
Law Department
Homer Albers
Huntress & Albers
Sears
John F. Cusick
Dowling Catering Company
Park Commissioners
Quincy
Market Woes and Copper Rally Signal Shifts in Trading
Stocks faced continued bear pressure with modest rallies during short-covering as coal and copper issues guide activity. Sugar hit 150 twice amid block sales while Isle Royal earnings chatter prompts correction. consolidation plans in Osceola Kearsarge Tamarack Iroquois loom, with new 100000 share Michigan company proposed and Lake copper seen at 1112 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bears
Reading Company
Brown, Riley & Co
T. W. Lawson
Royal
Isle Royal
Hyams
Quincy
Bolles
Federal Street
Butte & Boston
Pioneer
Arnold
Searsbuilding
Michigan
Street
Osceola
Kearsarge
Tamarack, Jr
Iroquois
Calumet & Hecla
New England Railroad
Tecumseh
Calumet Lodes
Pinkham
Chi, Bur & Quincy
Aeee
Chicago
Ee Eave
Deleware
Tenet Lack & Western
Ati & R
Es Erie
Seeeeres
New Albany
Sus & W
Atraines
Northwest
Ontario & W
Reading
Rock Island
St Louis
Lake Erie
Wisconsin Central
Eves Es
Bay State Gas
Eee
Chicago Gas
Consolidated Gas
Cal Fuel & Iron
General Electric
Eeesee
Pacific Station
Tenn Coal & Trom
U S
Chicago & Gt Western
Barony Mackay on Trial for Charitable Bazaar Fire
In Paris on August 19 Baron Mackay, promoter of the Rue Jean Doujon Charity Bazaar destroyed May 4 with over 100 dead, faces homicide charges by imprudence. He helped promote the fair and provided inflammable materials and ground. Baroness Mackau was among the victims. The judge praised his character but faulted his precautions. Trial set for three days with 33 witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Baron Mackay
Jean Doujon
D’alencon
Austria
Bailae
Bagrachow
Cinematographe Establishment
Mackau
Baron Mackau
Reciprocity Move Aims at US France Trade Pact
Secretary Sherman acknowledged France’s overture for a reciprocity treaty under the new tariff law and hopes to take up the subject soon. The step signals the first practical test of the reciprocity clause and prompts a careful review of current US France trade relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Sherman
Patnette
United States
France
Orr
New England Railroad Round Trip Fares to Buffalo Vary
The New England railroad offers several round trip routes to Buffalo at one fare. Options include via Newburgh and Erie direct for 9.65 dollars, via Newburgh and West Shore for 10 dollars, and via Norwich line and New York Central for 13.25 dollars. Tickets are valid Aug 21 to 31 and may extend to Sept 20 with a joint-agent deposit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Railroad
Buffalo
Newburgh
Erie
West Shore
Norwich Line
New York Central
New York
Albany
Copper Stocks Circulars Offer Electricity for Night Trains
Copies of a circular on copper stocks and a bill to compel railroads to use electricity for night freight movement are available on request or mailed by Herbert Badcuyffh at 48 Congress St Room 24 Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Badcuyffh
Congress St
Boston
Kidnapped Boy Found as Uncle and Ally Arrested
Albany reports 6 year old Johnnie Conway recovered after kidnapping for 3000 dollar ransom. Uncle Joseph M. Hardy and associate Blake, both implicated, confessed after Blake aided a kidnapping party to retrieve the boy from a farmhouse near the city. The child was returned unharmed to his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Johnnie Conway
Joseph M. Hardy
Little Johnnie
Johnnie
Argus
Hardy
Blake
Colony Street
Conway
Do You Plan a Buffalo Trip From Boston?
Excursion from Boston via Norwich line 7 02 p m Saturday 21st from Old Colony station Knee land street to New York City by steamer City of Lowell 7 a m. Stay on board for Hudson trip leaving New York 10 a m Sunday. In Newburgh transfer to Erie RR for Buffalo direct. Round trip 12 50 and scenic Hudson views. Tickets at New England ticket office Old Colony station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Boston
Norwich
Old Colony
Kneeland Street
New York
City of Lowell
Hudson
Newburgh
Erie Railroad
Hudson River
New England
Old Colony Station
Railroads timetable for New York New Haven reporting lines 1897
Old Colony System train schedule from Boston effective July 10 1897 lists multiple routes to New York New Haven Hartford regions via Shore Line Air Line Fall River Line Providence Line Stonington Norwich and more. It includes departure times from Park Square Station and notes parlor cars sleeping berths and ticket offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Haven
Hartford
R.R. Old Colony System
Boston
Park Square
New London
Shore Line
Middletown
Willimantic
Air Line Limited
Fall River
Providence
Stonington
Norwich
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Maryland
Newport
A. m
P. m
New Bedford
Kneeland Street
Plymouth
Whitman
Mantvcres
Boston & Albany
Marlboro
Fitchburg
Leominster
Cton
No. 3Rd State House
Park Square Station
Uoa Palmer
Heston
Allen
Ger
Old State House
Geo. L. Connor
A. C. Kendall
Through Train Service Schedules for June 27 1897
Boston Union Station lists Western and Eastern Division departures to Portland Augusta Bar Harbor Lewiston St John Halifax Grand Trunk routes and connections to Maine Central Maine towns and Bar Harbor rail lines with times and Sunday services across multiple destinations in New England and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Augusta
Bar Harbor
Lewiston
Nilere
Big Ee Ferra
ST. John
Halifax
ST. Stephen
N. B
Glen
Crawfords
Fabyans
Twin Mountain
Whitefield
Jefferson
Lancaster
Grand Trunk RY
Bewings
Maine Central
Wiscassan
Phomaston
Rockland
Beth
Quebec
North Conway
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgwick
Bar
Train Schedules and Local Stations Across New Hampshire
Southern Division timetable lists station stops from Manchester to Concord and branches to North Weare, Portsmouth, Keene, Plymouth, White Mountains, and beyond. It includes running times, Sunday and weekday limits, and notes on express services and limited stops. D. J. Flanders signs as General Passenger Agent.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Massachusetts
Hawkesbury
C. BE
Charlottetown
Washington St
J. A. Flanders
N. E. Pass
Ichardson & Barnard
Atlantic Ave
Isles OF Shoals
G. Orcutt
C. H. Emerson
Readville Trotting Park
WED
FAL
Star Pointer
Park Sq
Kneeland St
Hboxe
Adams House
Provincetown
Londfellow
John Smith
Commercial Wharf
North Pier
Cape
Atwood & Rich
Winthrop Steamboat Co
A. E. Harding
Winthrop
Atlantic Avenue
Childrem
Jordan
J. R. Bacon
Gen. Negr
Gloucester
Marblehead
Henry Morrison
Otis Wharf
North Shore
Hare
W. H. Swift
Boston & Gloucester Steamboat Co
Cape Ann Columbus Orchestra
Ty of Gloucester
North Side Central Wharf
State St
Cape Ann
Mgr
Charles River
Royal Military Juvenile Band
Naples
Italy
Emerson Quartette
Creat
Alfreno
Dunbar
Harry
George
Miss Nellie
Prof
Harmon
Cimampion Hien
Monster
Novel Entertainment
Heard’s
West St
Salem Willows
North Atlantic
Pearson's Wharf
Balem Willows
Willows
Bevr
Tremont &T
Boylston St
Huntington Av
The
Boston Novelty Co
Soreneen
T. J. Mapes
Revere Beach
R. B
Ning Onda
SerMars
Pnpstley
Boston Museum
Wesington D. Teor
Dover Et Rp
Eenkee
Wr. Wee Manne J. Emernalp
Mathine
Thomas & Watson Company
Model Playhouse of the Country
Albert L. Guille
Mrs
Arthur Sidman
Jessie Couthout
Tony Cummings
Tremont St
Oors
Harry P. Mawson
Bill
Winthrop Beach
Peter S. McNally
St. Augustine’s Cadet Band
Maxfield
Winthrop Line
Oliver St
J. KR. Bacon
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Uncle Tom
S Cabin
Dar
Bostons Park
Mathews & Bulger
Gay
Boston Ball Grounds
Pittsburg Vs
Appleton & Bassett’s
Connelly
Huntington Avenue
McAvoy
May
Acme
John
Harry Dillon
Mile
Rezac
Fish
Quigg
Sullivan
Weber
Cooke
Clinton
Ilia
Collins
T. Donovan
Gallagher
Lamro
Alice McAvoy
Chip
Norrises
Austin
ST Ne’ Stag
Yuda
Big Ben
Andersons
Will & Kittie Harbeck
Entertainments
Father Cummins
Apollo Gardens
Imory St. Roxbury
Rouren Gland
Gaturday
David H. Jones
Oak Grove Farm Ice Cream Co
Chas. W. Allen
Georgia Shores
Rocky Mountain
Joseph Herman
Economy Clothing Co
Xbury
Thos. F. Crady
Tammany
JHN
John A. Kelsher
John H. Labe
John Drohan Esq
U. S
Jos. H. O’nell
Hibernian
Suffolk
Middlesex
Norfolk
Baltimore Orioles
East Boston Cadet Band
National Guard
Pickaninny
National Guard Orchestra
John L. Murtagh
Troup of
Hindoe
Ueglers
Ana
Stone & Shaw
Austin & Stone’s.Musuem
Punch and Judy
Jamaica Plain
Amory Street
Forest Hills
Dimock Street
City
Barow
Boston Stock Exchange
Atchison Adj
Egy
Cheshire Beaiteack
CGC
den Electric
B Inc
Cent Ist Inc
Do Inc Ra
Sap Ag P Atchison
Sscoeres
Bos & Alba
Bos & Lowell
Bos & Maine
Union Pacific
West End
Atlantic
Montana
Cal & Hecla
One
Am Bell
Erie New Enland MO
Orn West
Sm Bugar
Wilson W. Fay & Co
State Street
Keely Hine
Utah
Catalpa Min
Bus & Battle Mountain
North Shore Traction
Bos
Rev Beach & Lyn Ooo Ee
Atlantic & Pacific R R
Eureka Re
Boy Pound
Atchison
Ohio
Canada
Central Iowa
Central Pacific
Shleagee & CO
Railroads
Boston & Maine
R. R
City Ticket Office
Washington Street
Union Station
Manchester
Concord
New Boston
North Weard
Henniek
North Weare
Portsmouth
Hooksett
Suxcdor
Pittsfield
Eosarra
Are
Centre Harbor
Long Island
Centre
Harbor
Bear Island
Vis
Wolfeboro
Weis
Selivren EN
Haverhill
Campton
North Woodstock
Pemigewasset Eee
FLUME
Profile
Woodstock
Stage
Sugar Hill
Littleton
Bethlehem Junction
Fabyan
MT. Pleasant House
White
Hanover
Bradford
ST. Johnsbury
Sewport
Farbredone
Ll. Oc. R. Sie
Hyde Park
Montpelier
Buelargton
River Junction
Montreat
White River Junction
Montreal
Satur- Chita
West
G. T. Ry
G. P. Ry
Weirs
Warre
D. J. Flanders
Fitchburg Railroad
Causeway Street
Hoosac Tunnel
North Adams
Williamstown
Troy
Albanby
Saratoga
Utica
Binghamton
Hornellsville
Elmira
Syracuse
Rochester
Watertown
Niagara Falls
Hamilton
Toronto
Detroit
Cleveland
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Ieago
T. Jouls
Pacific Express
Niag
Ara Falls
Lake Champlain
Keene
Bellows Falls
White Riv. Junction
Whitehall
Port Edwards
Glens Falls
Plattsburg
Adirondacks
Burlington
St. Albans
Malone
Ogdensburg
Ottawa
Vermont
Mont
J. K
Watson
Cambridge
Post
Massachusetts Avenue
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